Photograph
Allis-Chalmers Company

Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The casting inlet diameter is 15 feet while the overall diameter is 50 feet. The plate thickness varies from 7/8 to 1 1/4 inches. Note the automobile in the lower right corner for scale. |
Image ID: | 2045 |
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Creation Date: | |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Milwaukee |
County: | Milwaukee |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Allis-Chalmers Company manufacturing photographs, ca. 1870-1920 and ca. 1938-1958 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 403 |
Original Dimensions: | unknown |
This collection contains photographs of technical operations in the manufacture of heavy machinery at the Allis-Chalmers plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
Blue collar workers |
Work clothes |
Factories |
Automobile industry and trade |
Metal industry |
Indoor photography |
Men |
Automobiles |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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